Lecture by Dr Ou Zuan in the twentieth talk of the “Tan Lark Sye Lecture Series"
The 20th session of the "Tan Lark Sye Lecture Series," organized by the Institute of International Education, New Era University College (IIE, NEUC) and the Tan Lark Sye Institute, was held on 26 July. The guest speakers for this event was Dr Ou Zuan the Department of Ethnology and Anthropology at Minzu University of China. It was attended by more than 150 people.
Dr. Qu Zuan, is currently the Deputy Head of the Department of Ethnology and Anthropology at Minzu University of China and serves as the Deputy Secretary-General of the Taiwan Indigenous Studies Association. He has also participated in the "Cross-Strait and International Scholars Research Grant Program" at Taiwan's National Chengchi University and visited the Institute of Ethnology at Academia Sinica in Taiwan.
This lecture was titled “The Development and Governance of Danjia Fishing Village in Luhuitou Island of Hainan Province”. The presentation focused on the development and governance of the Danjia fishing village on the Luhuitou Peninsula in Sanya, Hainan, China. Since the Song Dynasty, fisheries development has been a key model for the development of China's coastal islands. Under various market and capital factors, the Danjia people have faced both the separation of "boats from ports" and "homes from ports," leading to a chaotic state in the fishing villages around the ports. Dr. Qu explored and analyzed how island governance could progress further. The event was moderated by Assistant Professor Dr. Lew Siew Boon from NEUC. It received enthusiastic feedback, with the audience actively participating in the Q&A session and eagerly engaging in discussions.
